Abdominal MRI (with and without contrast) at HCA FLORIDA NORTHWEST HOSPITAL

2801 NORTH STATE ROAD 7, MARGATE, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1063466563

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$22,658.00

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$22,658.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$828.27 with United vs $19,259.30 with Multiplan — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
United AllPayerAppendix $828.27 ↓ -96%
Aetna QHP $1,060.00 ↓ -95%
AvMed HIX $1,088.00 ↓ -95%
Aetna HMO $1,462.00 ↓ -94%
Optimum MGMCR $1,948.59 ↓ -91%
Freedom Health MGMCR $1,948.59 ↓ -91%
Aetna PPO $2,012.00 ↓ -91%
AvMed FullyInsured $2,119.00 ↓ -91%
AvMed ASOEO $2,329.00 ↓ -90%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $2,945.54 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $3,625.28 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $4,305.02 ↓ -81%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $4,473.40 ↓ -80%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $4,567.57 ↓ -80%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $4,567.57 ↓ -80%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $4,826.15 ↓ -79%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $5,211.34 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $5,369.95 ↓ -76%
AvMed Engage $5,891.08 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $5,891.08 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $5,891.08 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $5,891.08 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $5,891.08 ↓ -74%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $5,981.71 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $6,117.66 ↓ -73%
AvMed MDCSelect $6,344.24 ↓ -72%
AvMed JHSSelect $6,344.24 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $6,797.40 ↓ -70%
BLIS COMM $7,930.30 ↓ -65%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $10,196.10 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $11,329.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $11,329.00 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $11,329.00 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $13,141.64 ↓ -42%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $16,993.50 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $19,259.30 ↓ -15%

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Abdominal MRI (with and without contrast) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $7,507.61 $346.11 – $865.63
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $22,740.00 $364.32 – $958.38
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $6,800.31 $346.11 – $1,177.02
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $7,626.60 $364.32 – $808.79
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $6,482.38 $346.11 – $1,130.31
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $11,736.14 $364.32 – $687.95
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $2,631.20 $93.18 – $2,618.00
martin north hospital Stuart $2,002.00 $83.37 – $1,540.00

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